David Crawford (businessman)

David Alexander Crawford AO (17 January 1944 – 5 December 2024) was a prominent Australian non-executive director.

[1] His directorships have included:[2][3][4] Crawford served as Council Member and Chairman of the private school Scotch College, Melbourne.

[7] Crawford headed inquiries for the Australian Government which reviewed the Australian Football League, Football Federation Australia (2003 Report of the Independent Soccer Review Committee) and the Future of Sport in Australia.

[8] Crawford was Melvourne Cricket Club Committee Member from 1997 to 2013 and was elected Treasurer in 2001 and Vice President in 2009.

[8] In the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours Crawford was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "service to business as a director of public companies, to sport, particularly through the review and restructure of national sporting bodies, and to the community through contributions to arts and educational organisations".